The Varvara reservoir is located 20 km (12 miles) to the south of the Mingachevir reservoir. Image captured with a Nikon D3S digital camera, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. "The relief of the area where the Mingachevir water reservoir is located, the fortifying work carried out in this complex, as well as the modern air defense systems at the disposal of our Air Defense Forces do not allow our strategic object to be hit," Azertag quoted Dargahli as saying. Azerbaijan’s Mingachevir Hydroelectric Power Plant and the Mingachevir water reservoir on the Kura River are critical for the country’s power generation sector … The height of the hydroelectric plant built on the reservoir is 52 m (171 ft). See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. It is the third largest reservoir in the Caucasus after the Mingachevir and Shamkir reservoirs. The Mingachevir Reservoir occupies part of the Kura Basin, a topographic depression located between the Greater Caucasus Mountains to the northeast and … The Agstafacay reservoir was built on the Agstafa river in 1969 near the village of Jafarli in the Qazakh district. The length of the reservoir is 8.74 km (5.43 miles), the maximum width is 2.15 km (1.34 miles), the length of the coastline is 23.3 km (14.5 miles). It was built in 1952. Originaldatei ‎(2.829 × 4.256 Pixel, Dateigröße: 2,08 MB, MIME-Typ: image/jpeg). There were no reports of the attack from the Armenian side. Within the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, scholars and politicians have speculated the possibility of the Mingachevir reservoir being used as a military target by Armenian forces in case of another war. Most reservoirs are regulated and used for irrigation. Die folgende Seite verwendet diese Datei: Die nachfolgenden anderen Wikis verwenden diese Datei: Diese Datei enthält weitere Informationen (beispielsweise Exif-Metadaten), die in der Regel von der Digitalkamera oder dem verwendeten Scanner stammen. The volume of the reservoir is 23 mln m3. Minutes ago Armenia's armed forces launched missile attack against Mingachevir industrial city of Azerbaijan. The height of the dam is 26 m, the length is 560 m, the total water tank is 3.8 million m³. They are used to ensure the use of energy, irrigation and water supply. In accordance with the order of the Cabinet of Ministers in 2007, the Azerbaijan Melioration and Water Management Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan initiated the repair of the Zogalavanchay Reservoir. The Azeri defence ministry confirmed a rocket fire against the cities of Mingachevir and Terter, reporting that people had been wounded. It is the third largest reservoir in the Caucasus after the Mingachevir and Shamkir reservoirs. There are 140 reservoirs in the country. [6], Jeyranbatan is a reservoir in the Absheron region in the eastern part of Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack on the central Azerbaijani city of Mingachevir, which hosts the country's largest hydroelectric power and water reservoir. Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh, Nailia Bagirova and Margarita Antidze. Folded layers of relatively young (less than 5. This reservoir was built in 1965 year. The total area is 13.9 km2(5.4 square miles), the reservoir volume is 186 million m3, 150 million m3used. [2], The area is 605 km², the volume is 16.1 km³, the length is 70 km, the greatest width is 18 km, the average depth is 27 m, the largest is 75 m. The altitude is 83 m. The purpose of its creation was the development of energy, agriculture, water transport, multi-year flow regulation and the liquidation of floods in the course of the river.[3]. It serves several purposes to include hydroelectric power production and water storage for irrigation. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. It was commissioned in 1953. 3 million years old), Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000, Die NASA-Homepage hostet viele Bilder der. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. In order to expand the areas of irrigation in dry climate and to provide grape and orchards with water, many small and large reservoirs (reservoirs, water intakes, water tanks) have been created. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia’s armed forces launched a missile attack against the Azeri industrial city of Mingachevir late on Sunday, Azeri presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev said. The Zohalavanchay reservoir is located on the Zogalavanchay Canyon in the southwestern part of the Shamakhi district of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is the second largest reservoir in the Caucasus after the Mingachevir reservoir. Reservoir on Khachinchay river was built in 1964. It is located between the cities of Baku and Sumgayit, near the settlement of Jeyranbatan, 20 km from Baku. The reservoir area is 6.3 km2(2.4 square miles). MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia’s armed forces launched a missile attack against the Azeri industrial city of Mingachevir late on Sunday, Azeri presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev said. The total volume of reservoirs is 21.5 km3. The reservoir held approximately 15 billion cubic meters of water at the time this image was taken, with a total engineered capacity of … The Mingachevir Dam (Mingachevir Hydro Power Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Kura River just north of Mingachevir in Azerbaijan. (2.829 × 4.256 Pixel, Dateigröße: 2,08 MB, MIME-Typ: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hydroelectric power stations in Azerbaijan, Anexo:Embalses del mundo por superficie y volumen de agua, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Mingachevir_Reservoir,_Azerbaijan.JPG, Lokalen Beschreibungsquelltext hinzufügen, Diese Datei und die Informationen unter dem roten Trennstrich werden aus dem zentralen Medienarchiv, {{Information |Description={{en|1=This detailed astronaut photograph highlights the southern Mingachevir Reservoir in north-central Azerbaijan. The Shamkir reservoir was built on the Shamkir section of the Kura River in 1982. The Yenikend reservoir is a large reservoir in the Shamkir district. Mingachevir hosts water reservoir and key electricity plant. [6], The Agstafacay reservoir is a large reservoir in the Agstafa region of northwestern Azerbaijan. Its six Francis turbine-generators were overhauled or replaced with 70 megawat… Since the opening, the reservoir has provided irrigation water for 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of agricultural land in the areas of Tartar, Agdam, Barda, Goranboy, Yevlakh and Aghjabadi. The normal water level in the tank is 158 m, and the surface area is 115 km2. Durch nachträgliche Bearbeitung der Originaldatei können einige Details verändert worden sein. It was built in 1952. It was built in 1958 to provide drinking water to the growing population of Baku and Sumgayit. The reservoir provides irrigation water up to 135 hectares (330 acres) of land in the Qazakh, Shamkir and Tovuz regions. The total area is 23.2 km2, the water volume in the reservoir is 158 million m3. The Varvara reservoir is located 20 km (12 miles) to the south of the Mingachevir reservoir. Some of the mechanical and electrical equipment was destroyed, and some of them were technically obsolete. “Mingachevir hosts water reservoir and key electricity plant. Due to financial difficulties in the 1990s, the work of the reservoir was not properly performed, and the facilities were in poor condition. The total area is 23.2 km 2, the water volume in the reservoir is 158 million m 3. Reservoirs and hydroelectric stations created in the rivers Kura, Araz and Tartar are Shamkir, Mingachevir, Yenikend, Varvara, Araz and Sarsang. "Armenia's state terror against Azerbaijani civilians continues. Barbaric expression of desperation," Hajiyev wrote in his Twitter page. “Proof of Armenia's deliberate and targeted attack against critical civilian infrastructure of Azerbaijan. In 2012, the tank was renovated in accordance with modern requirements. The total volume of the reservoir is 2,677 million m3, and the operating volume of water is 1425 million m3. Its volume is 1.6 million m³, the surface area is 0.5 km², the absolute height is 291.5 m.[7], Azərbaycanın su anbarları və daxili suları, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reservoirs_of_Azerbaijan&oldid=982770355, Azerbaijan articles missing geocoordinate data, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 07:18. This detailed astronaut photograph highlights the southern Mingachevir Reservoir in north-central Azerbaijan. The area of the Shamkir reservoir is 116 km2. Its volume is 150.0 million m³, the surface area is 6.3 km², the absolute height is 955 m. The Agdamkend reservoir was built in 1962 on the Gargar River. Its volume is 1.0 million m³, the surface area is 0.1 km², the absolute height is 2420 m. The reservoir Arpachay was built in 1977 on the river of the same name. Mingachevir reservoir, behind the dam, supplies water to the Upper Qarabag and Upper Sirvan Channels which help irrigate about 1,000,000 ha (2,500,000 acres) of farmland in the country. The maximum depth of water in the tank is 28.5 m (94 ft).[4]. Diese Mediendatei wurde vom Johnson Space Center der US-amerikanischen. The total volume of the reservoir is 120 million m3. Varvara reservoir. The reservoir located at the highest altitude is located in Garabagh. The reservoir was commissioned in 1973 to meet the drinking water needs of wineries and settlements. Russian ethnographer Sergey Arutyunov stated in a 2010 interview: Absolute height is 507m, surface area is 1.76 km2. The total area is 22.5 km2 (8.7 square miles), and the reservoir volume is 0.06 km3 (0.014 cubic miles)[4], The Sarsang reservoir was built in Azerbaijan in 1976 on the Tartar River, in the former Agdara, in the present Terter district. The nearby city of Mingachevir (left) is split by the Kur River after it passes through the dam and hydroelectric powerstation complex at image top centre. [5], The reservoir has the highest dam of all the dams in Azerbaijan. Klicke auf einen Zeitpunkt, um diese Version zu laden. The climate in most parts of Azerbaijan is arid. Barbaric expression of desperation,” Hajiyev said on Twitter. [1], The largest reservoir of the republic is Mingachevir. The source is the river Arpachay.